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PBOT’s Healthy Businesses permit program to continue waiving fees through June 2022

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Good news for small business owners and their customers! Thanks to Portland City Council and the American Rescue Plan, permits through the Portland Bureau of Transportation’s (PBOT) Healthy Businesses program will continue to be FREE through June 30, 2022.
A view of Healthy Businesses located on North Lombard Street in the heart of St. Johns.

PBOT now accepting applications for Healthy Blocks and Street Paintings for summer 2021

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Applications for both programs open today with permits to be issued beginning June 1 and onward.
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News Release: PBOT continues popular, free Healthy Businesses permit program for summer 2021

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Findings show the Healthy Businesses program has been key to survival of Portland businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic with over 1,000 permits issued since the program’s inception in May 2020

News Release: Winter Healthy Businesses Program will help Portlanders dine, shop outdoors safely this winter

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Starting today, businesses can apply for free winter permits to use street space for physical distancing, Nov. 1 through March 31, 2021

The Portland Bureau of Transportation launches the Safe Streets|Healthy Businesses program to help local businesses operate safely as Portland gradually reopens 

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Program makes it simple for businesses to apply to use space on sidewalks and streets to make physical distancing easier for customers and staff Bureau also releases strategic framework for adapting streets as city restarts public life.
Safe Streets Initiative - Public Review Draft - May 2020

Travel Advisory: With warm weather forecast, know how to safely walk, bike, roll, or stroll on Portland’s network of low-traffic streets we call “Neighborhood Greenways”

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Our Neighborhood Greenway network of low-traffic streets gives Portlanders many ways to improve their mental and physical health during this public health crisis. However, please understand it takes all of our cooperation to make this program successful.
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Slow Streets | Safe Streets Neighborhood Greenway Map

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A map of Portland's neighborhood greenways with dots indicating where barriers will be placed.

Transportation Commissioner Chloe Eudaly Announces New Slow Streets|Safe Streets Initiative

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The new strategy will repurpose streets, including closing them to car traffic, to make it easier and safer for Portlanders to practice physical distancing as the city recovers
Commissioner Eudaly directs PBOT to develop treatments for all 100 miles of neighborhood greenway network

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